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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #519 - אָמָה

Transliteration

ʼâmâh

Phonetics

aw-maw'

Origin

apparently a primitive word

Parts of Speech

feminine noun

TWOT

112

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

maid-servant, female slave, maid, handmaid, concubine
1. of humility (figuratively)

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 851 ‑ ἀφαιρέω (af‑ahee‑reh'‑o); 3814 ‑ παιδίσκη (pahee‑dis'‑kay);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (55)

Genesis 7

Exodus 9

Leviticus 3

Deuteronomy 8

Judges 2

Ruth 2

1 Samuel 9

2 Samuel 5

1 Kings 3

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 1

Job 2

Psalms 2

Nahum 1

BSB (54)

Genesis 7

Exodus 9

Leviticus 3

Deuteronomy 8

Judges 2

Ruth 2

1 Samuel 10

2 Samuel 5

1 Kings 3

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 1

Job 2

Psalms 2

Nahum 1

CSB (35)

Genesis 7

Exodus 9

Leviticus 3

Deuteronomy 8

Judges 2

Ruth 2

1 Samuel 9

2 Samuel 5

1 Kings 3

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 1

Job 2

Psalms 2

Nahum 1

ESV (55)

Genesis 7

Exodus 9

Leviticus 3

Deuteronomy 8

Judges 2

Ruth 2

1 Samuel 9

2 Samuel 5

1 Kings 3

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 1

Job 2

Psalms 3

Ezekiel 1

Nahum 1

KJV (55)

Genesis 7

Exodus 9

Leviticus 3

Deuteronomy 8

Judges 2

Ruth 2

1 Samuel 9

2 Samuel 5

1 Kings 3

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 1

Job 2

Psalms 2

Nahum 1

LEB (56)

Genesis 7

Exodus 9

Leviticus 3

Deuteronomy 8

Judges 2

Ruth 2

1 Samuel 10

2 Samuel 5

1 Kings 3

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 1

Job 2

Psalms 2

Nahum 1

LSB (62)

Genesis 7

Exodus 11

Leviticus 4

Deuteronomy 11

Judges 2

Ruth 2

1 Samuel 10

2 Samuel 5

1 Kings 3

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 1

Job 2

Psalms 2

Nahum 1

N95 (60)

Genesis 7

Exodus 12

Leviticus 3

Deuteronomy 11

Judges 2

Ruth 2

1 Samuel 10

2 Samuel 5

1 Kings 3

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 1

Job 2

Nahum 1

NAS (80)

Genesis 7

Exodus 17

Leviticus 6

Deuteronomy 15

Judges 2

Ruth 2

1 Samuel 10

2 Samuel 5

1 Kings 3

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 2

Job 3

Psalms 2

Nahum 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (55)

Genesis 7

Exodus 9

Leviticus 3

Deuteronomy 8

Judges 2

Ruth 2

1 Samuel 9

2 Samuel 5

1 Kings 3

Nehemiah 2

Job 2

Psalms 2

Nahum 1

ASV (55)

also for me, and for thy handmaid 1

and also unto thy maid-servant 1

and because of thy handmaid 1

and bondmaids 1

and for thy maid 1

and her handmaids 1

and his maid-servants 1

and let thy handmaid 1

and my maids 1

and their maid-servants 2

and thy bondmaids 1

and thy maid-servant 4

and your maid-servants 1

behold, my maid 1

behold, thy handmaid 1

but of the handmaids 1

her handmaid 1

his servant 1

is with him: but i thy handmaid 1

maid-servants 1

me, while thy handmaid 1

nor his maid-servant 1

nor thy maid-servant 2

not thy handmaid 1

of his maid 1

of his maid-servant 1

of his servant 1

of the handmaid 1

of the handmaids 1

of this handmaid 1

of thy handmaid 6

or a maid-servant 1

or his maid 1

or his maid-servant 1

or his maid-servant's 1

or of my maid-servant 1

over thy handmaid 1

this handmaid 1

thy handmaid 3

to be a maid-servant 1

unto thy handmaid 3

BSB (54)

and his maidservants 1

and maidservant 2

and maidservants 8

and the maidservant 1

and your maidservant 1

as a servant 1

her 1

her maidservant 1

her maidservants 1

his maidservant 1

is my maidservant 1

let your servant 1

maidservant 4

maidservants 1

me 1

of his maidservant 2

of the maidservants 1

of the slave woman''s 1

of your maidservant 4

of your servant 2

or maidservant 5

slave woman 1

the maidservants 1

the slave woman''s 1

to your maidservant 2

while 1

your maidservant 3

your servant 3

your servant''s 1

CSB (35)

female servants 1

girl 1

girls 2

me 2

servant 12

servant's 3

slave 9

slaves 2

the slave's 1

your female servant 2

ESV (55)

female 5

female servant 6

female servants 6

female slave 1

female slaves 2

handmaid 1

if 1

maids 1

maidservant 3

maidservants 1

servant 21

servant woman 1

slave 1

slave woman 4

woman 1

KJV (55)

bondmaids 2

bondwoman 4

handmaid 21

handmaids 1

maid 5

maids 3

maidservant 13

maidservant's 1

maidservants 4

maidservants' 1

LEB (56)

a female slave 1

and female servants 1

and female slaves 1

and for your slave woman 1

and his female servants 1

and my slave women 1

and your slave woman 5

and your slave women 1

as a slave woman 1

but i, your female servant 1

female servants 1

for your servant 1

for your slave woman 1

her maidservants 1

her slave woman 1

his female slave 2

his female slave to fall out 1

his servant 2

his slave woman 1

is my servant girl 1

let your female servant 1

me while your servant 1

or a slave woman 1

or female slave 1

or his female servant 1

or his slave woman 1

or your female slave 1

or your slave woman 1

servant 2

slave woman 2

the maids 1

the maids of 1

the slave woman 2

to your female servant 1

to your servant 1

your female servant 6

your female servant as ⌊worthless⌋ 1

your maidservant 2

your servant 2

your slave woman 1

LSB (62)

female 20

maids 2

maidservant 30

maidservants 4

slave 5

slaves 1

N95 (60)

female 21

handmaids 1

maid 8

maids 5

maidservant 19

servant 4

slave 2

NAS (80)

female 29

maidservant 1

servant 8

slave 30

slaves 4

woman 5

women 3

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (55)

also to your female servant 1

am your handmaid 1

and because of your handmaid 1

and female slaves 1

and her handmaids 1

and his female servants 1

and my maids 1

and please let your handmaid 1

and their female servants 1

and your female 1

and your female servant 4

and your female servants 1

besides their male servants 1

but of the handmaids 1

female servants 1

for your maid 1

her handmaid 1

his servant 1

nor his female servant 1

nor your female servant 2

of his female servant 1

of his servant 1

of the handmaid 1

of the handmaids 1

of this handmaid 1

of your handmaid 6

or a female servant 1

or his female servant 1

or his maid 1

over your handmaid 1

servant or of my female 1

this handmaid 1

to be a female servant 1

to your handmaid 3

your handmaid 3

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1013) m a (אמ AM) AC: Bind CO: Glue AB: ?: The pictograph a represents strength. The m is water or any other liquid. Combined these pictographs mean "strong liquid". Glue was made by placing the hides and other animal parts of slaughtered animals in a pot of boiling water. As the hide boiled, a thick sticky substance formed at the surface of the water. This substance was removed and used as a binding agent. (eng: arm - with the addition of the r sound)

A) m a (אמ AM) AC: ? CO: Arm AB: ?: The arm that holds things together. The arm is seen as glue that encircles and holds together. A cubit was the length of the arm from elbow to fingertip. The mother of the family is the one who binds the family together by holding in her arms and by the work of her arms.

N^f) m a (אמ AM) - Mother: One whose arms hold the family together through her work and love. Also one who fulfills the role of a mother. KJV (220): mother, dam - Strongs: H517 (אֵם)

N^f1) e m a (אמה AMH) - I. Cubit:A linear standard of measure equal to the length of the forearm. [Hebrew and Aramaic] II. Bondwoman:One who is bound to another. KJV (304): cubit, measure, post, handmaid, maidservant, maid, bondwoman, bondmaids - Strongs: H519 (אָמָה), H520 (אַמָּה), H521 (אַמָּה)

j^m) n f m a (אמונ AMWN) - Craftsman: An architect or artisan who uses the cubit for measuring. KJV (3): multitude, populace - Strongs: H527 (אָמוֹן)

J) m f a (אומ AWM) AC: Bind CO: Tribe AB: ?: A binding together.

N^f1) e m f a (אומה AWMH) - Tribe: A family lineage bound together. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (11): people, nation - Strongs: H523 (אֻמָּה), H524 (אֻמָּה)

M) m i a (אימ AYM) AC: ? CO: Glue AB: ?

N^m ) m i a (אימ AYM) - If: A desire to bind two ideas together. KJV (43): if, not, or, when, whether, doubtless, while, neither, saving - Strongs: H518 (אִם)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

אָמָה noun feminine maid, handmaid (Phoenician אמת, Arabic

, Sabean אמת in proper name SabDenkm²⁰, Aramaic

, Assyrian amtu Zim^{BP 67}) — ׳א absolute Genesis 21:10 +; suffix אֲמָתִי Genesis 30:3 +, etc.; plural absolute אֲמָהֹת Genesis 31:33; 2 Samuel 6:22; construct אַמְהוֺת 2 Samuel 6:20; אַמְהֹתַי Job 19:5 etc. — maid, handmaid.

1 literally maidservant (= שִׁפְחָה q. v., where however sometimes more servile; rarely P in Hexateuch) Genesis 30:3; Genesis 31:33 ("" שִׁפְחָה Genesis 29:24,29; P Genesis 30:4f. J etc.) Exodus 2:5 (all E); 2 Samuel 6:20,22; Job 19:15; Nahum 2:8 (suffix refers to mistress, except Job 19:15 compare 2 Samuel 6:20,22); in legisl. ("" עֶבֶד) Exodus 20:10,17; Exodus 21:20,26,27,32 (all E) Leviticus 25:6,44 (twice in verse) (H) Deuteronomy 5:14 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 5:18; Deuteronomy 12:12,18; Deuteronomy 15:17 (compare see 12) Deuteronomy 16:11,14; compare also Job 31:13; Ezra 2:65; Nehemiah 7:67; applied to concubine (suffix of master) Genesis 20:17; Genesis 21:12; Exodus 23:12 (all E) Judges 9:18; Judges 19:19; also Genesis 21:10 (twice in verse); Genesis 21:13 ( Genesis 16:1f. P שִׁפְחָה q. v.) Exodus 21:7 (all E), see on this Sta^{Gesch i: p. 380.}

2 figurative in address, אֲמָֽתְךָ etc., referring to speaker, in token of humility; Ruth 3:9 (twice in verse) ("" שׁפחה Ruth 2:13) 1 Samuel 1:16 ("" id. 1 Samuel 1:18) 1 Samuel 25:24 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 25:25,28,31,41 ("" id. 1 Samuel 25:27) 2 Samuel 14:15,16 ("" id. 2 Samuel 14:6; 2 Samuel 14:7; 2 Samuel 14:12; 2 Samuel 14:15; 2 Samuel 14:17; 2 Samuel 14:19); 2 Samuel 20:17; 1 Kings 1:13,17; 1 Kings 3:20; in addressing God (never שׁפחה) 1 Samuel 1:11 (3t. in verse), compare ׳בֶּןאֿ Psalm 86:16; Psalm 116:16.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

אָמָה pl. אֲמָהוֹת (by insertion of the letter ה, comp. Ch. אֲבָהָן and Lehrg. p. 530), f. a handmaid, female slave; אֲמָֽתְךָ thy handmaid (for I), used even by a free woman when speaking to her superiors, Judges 19:9; 1 Samuel 1:11, 16 1 Samuel 1:16, 25:24, seq.; 2 Samuel 14:15 (comp. אָדֹון). בֶּן־אָמָה “son of a handmaid,” i.e. a slave, Exodus 23:12; Psalms 116:16. (Hence is derived the Arab. verb أَمَا to be a handmaid. Utterly unworthy of attention is the idea that אָמָה handmaid, is derived from the root אָמַהּ, أَمَهَ inito pacto indixit.)

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List of Word Forms

אֲמָ֣תְךָ֔ אֲמָֽתְךָ֙ אֲמָת֖וֹ אֲמָתְךָ֖ אֲמָתִ֥י אֲמָתֶ֑ךָ אֲמָתֶ֔ךָ אֲמָתֶ֗ךָ אֲמָתֶֽךָ׃ אֲמָתָ֖הּ אֲמָתֽוֹ׃ אֲמָתוֹ֙ אַמְה֣וֹת אָמָ֑ה אמה אמהות אמתה אמתו אמתו׃ אמתי אמתך אמתך׃ הָֽאֲמָהוֹת֙ הָאֲמָהֹ֖ת הָאָמָ֖ה הָאָמָ֣ה הָאָמָ֥ה האמה האמהות האמהת וְ֭אַמְהֹתַי וְאַמְהֹֽתֵיהֶם֙ וְאַמְהֹתֵיכֶ֑ם וְאַמְהֹתֶ֗יהָ וְאַמְהֹתָ֖יו וְאָמָֽה׃ וְלַֽאֲמָתֶ֔ךָ וְלַאֲמָתֶ֑ךָ וַ֠אֲמָתֶךָ וַאֲמָֽתְךָ֙ וַאֲמָֽתְךָ֜֙ וַאֲמָתְךָ֖ וַאֲמָתִ֑י וַאֲמָתֶ֔ךָ וַאֲמָתֶךָ֒ וַאֲמָתוֹ֙ ואמה׃ ואמהתי ואמהתיה ואמהתיהם ואמהתיו ואמהתיכם ואמתו ואמתי ואמתך ולאמתך לְאָמָ֑ה לַֽאֲמָתֶ֔ךָ לַאֲמָֽתְךָ֙ לַאֲמָתְךָ֖ לאמה לאמתך ’ă·mā·ṯāh ’ă·mā·ṯe·ḵā ’ă·mā·ṯə·ḵā ’ă·mā·ṯî ’ă·mā·ṯōw ’ā·māh ’am·hō·wṯ ’āmāh ’ămāṯāh ’ămāṯeḵā ’ămāṯəḵā ’ămāṯî ’ămāṯōw ’amhōwṯ aMah amaTah amaTecha amaTi amaTo amHot hā’āmāh hā’ămāhōṯ hā’ămāhōwṯ hā·’ă·mā·hō·wṯ hā·’ă·mā·hōṯ hā·’ā·māh haaMah haamaHot la’ămāṯeḵā la’ămāṯəḵā la·’ă·mā·ṯe·ḵā la·’ă·mā·ṯə·ḵā laamateCha lə’āmāh lə·’ā·māh leaMah vaamateCha vaamaTi vaamaTo veaMah Veamhotai veamhoTav veamhoteiChem veamhoTeiha veamhoteiHem velaamaTecha wa’ămāṯeḵā wa’ămāṯəḵā wa’ămāṯî wa’ămāṯōw wa·’ă·mā·ṯe·ḵā wa·’ă·mā·ṯə·ḵā wa·’ă·mā·ṯî wa·’ă·mā·ṯōw wə’āmāh wə’amhōṯāw wə’amhōṯay wə’amhōṯehā wə’amhōṯêhem wə’amhōṯêḵem wə·’ā·māh wə·’am·hō·ṯāw wə·’am·hō·ṯay wə·’am·hō·ṯe·hā wə·’am·hō·ṯê·hem wə·’am·hō·ṯê·ḵem wə·la·’ă·mā·ṯe·ḵā wəla’ămāṯeḵā